Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Urban Authenticity and Heritage: Creating Images and Contesting Identities in European Cities

Urban Authenticity and Heritage: Creating Images and Contesting Identities in European Cities

Bernhardt, Christoph
Hadwiger, Daniel
Saupe, Achim

Hardcover

Series: Critical Heritages of Europe

General ArtGeneral Sociology

PREORDER - Expected ship date November 16, 2026

ISBN10: 1032894849
ISBN13: 9781032894843
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Nov 16 2026
Pages: 420
Language: English

Urban Authenticity and Heritage explores the contested notion of urban authenticity in European cities after 1945. It examines how buildings, neighbourhoods, and cultural practices are perceived as authentic -- and why these claims matter.

From post-war reconstruction to contemporary urban transformations, the book shows that authenticity is not fixed but a dynamic process shaped by social actors, political agendas, and collective memory. The contributors move beyond traditional heritage frameworks to analyse how authenticity is constructed through debates, representations, and practices of authentification. They reveal the role of citizens, institutions, media, and tourism in shaping places and traditions as symbols of identity and belonging. In doing so, the volume challenges essentialist understandings of heritage, presenting authenticity as relational, negotiated, and deeply embedded in changing urban contexts.

Also from

Bernhardt, Christoph

View All

Also in

General Art

View All